State Bird Provisions is an adventurous, inventive, delicious, thoughtful contemporary American restaurant; which started as a recipe for serving quail and has slowly evolved into a restaurant without any programmed elements.

Great atmosphere, super service,and an amazing variety of tasty bites. The best part is the food starts coming as soon as you are seated. You can choose plates when you are ready and at a pace that is perfect for you! We will definitely return, again and again. BTW many gluten free options and they take special care to inform you about every dish. I felt like the whole restaurant assited with choosing plates.

We sat at the bar seats overlooking the kitchen which was enjoyable because we interacted with the chefs who were friendly and who happily explained what they were cooking. Most plates were well thought out in concept / ingredients and they came out generally well. However, while some plates were truly outstanding others were just meh and their description sounded better than their execution. Service was definitely hit and miss. The restaurant itself is a bit small with tight quarters and rather loud. Due to the dim sum style theme of multiple dishes - often at the same time - coupled with the small space it has a frantic / frenetic energy to the dining experience. Perhaps that is on purpose to quickly rotate diners in and out all night. Its a different kind of dining experience which we appreciated trying but not for on the regular. Overall an interesting experience but there are lots of options around town.

It is a very casual restaurant and has a very young hip vibe; part of its charm!An unusual formula for bringing food to a table and it all worked very well.We thoroughly enjoyed every single offering. Many varied flavours and combinations. Overall fantastic food. I never said wow, so no 10/10 dishes but every dish was a 9.5.Kudos to this place to create such an unusual formula; part of the overall delightful experience.

Liked 4 (trout chips and dip, mushroom dumpling, Vietnamese pork belly, buckwheat pancakes with beef tongue) of 8 things we tried. Only 2 of which were delightfully at the level of creativity and skill you expect to get from a place like this. Overall the rest were just OK which means way overpriced for the end product. Also too loud. Hospitality is 👍🏼. Try if you want but I would reserve my recommendation and am not likely to go back there myself.

Very very noisy. Wait staff had to shout to be heard. Conversation was difficult. Food carts were rushed. Need to pace. Too much reliance on chili seasoning. Strawberry ice cream sandwich dessert unremarkable.

my wife and i were traveling to sf for the weekend. we arrived for dinner 15 min early and waited by the door for 10 minutes without seeing the hostess. when she showed up, she was rude and told us they weren't ready for us yet, which was fine, because we're flexible. however, she ended up seating us in the way back by the bathroom at a four person table...so that was not fun.

interesting concept. food quality was "good" but because the food is mostly passed around on trays, the warm food options tend to be colder than you want. i might recommend someone to sit at the bar and order off the menu not from the trays. unfortunately, i will not go back because of the hostess and where we were seated.

I loved the Dim Sum concept. Service was excellent - staff is very social and helpful. All of the dishes were wonderful; highly recommend the ribs and quail. One of the best experiences this year. Thank you!

This was my 3rd visit in 3 yrs and the WOW factor never diminishes... I love asking a friend to join so I can see their delight when they taste every single dish. Just such a unique top notch experience while remaining very affordable and low key. I love that it's such a comfortable non-fussy atmosphere but if you want to talk about a dish you are going to get a history book full of information on that dish! Knowledgeable staff, great atmosphere, outstanding & interesting food...can't beat it!!!

Food was great and so was the service.We had 5:30 reservations and lining up to get in was confusing. Several different lines.We were l lucky to get to reservation desk in early part of line and seated in the booths where it's much more quiet and enjoyable.

I was so ecstatic to have gotten a reservation, and I honestly, really wanted to like State Bird Provisions. The dishes were small, expensive, and average tasting. Nothing tasted bad, but nothing tasted good. I wouldn't mind paying more for dishes in small portions if they tasted outstanding, but this was definitely not the case with any of the 11 plates I ordered. No matter how many dishes I tried or how much I wanted to enjoy the restaurant, I can't lie to myself or anyone else and say that I enjoyed the dining experience.

Small place so reservations are a good idea. Very interesting food combinations served from menu or dim sum cart. Staff is friendly and efficient. Everything is worth a try. Highly recommend this restaurant. And yes you should try the state bird.